US-China relations under Trump analysed
Mina Pollmann**, CIMSEC’s Director of External Relations, talks with Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
The future of the helicopter sea combat community
By Lieutenant Commander Michael S. Silver, USN *
(With contributions from Lieutenant Commander Loren M. Jacobi, USN, Lieutenant Commander James J. Moore, USN, and Lieutenant...
Ghost ships: Why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?
Seventy-five years ago this month, Australia, the UK, US and the Netherlands suffered a series of disastrous naval defeats against Japan in the narrow...
Austal expects strong opportunities in future
Shipbuilder Austal is pursuing its strongest-ever pipeline of potential work, including significant contracts in Australia.
Austal, which has shipyards in the US, Australia and the...
India’s new war policy to fight maritime threat
Till now India’s war doctrine hinged on a possible two-pronged adversarial scenario keeping just Pakistan and China in mind.
A key landmark change may...
Navy delays recycling of decommissioned USS Enterprise
The US Navy says it needs more information before it can decide how to dispose of the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
As a result,...
Iran stages massive navy drill over 2mn km²
IRANIAN naval forces have staged large-scale military drills over an area covering some two million square kilometres amid rising tensions with the US.
The latest...
Indian Navy’s former aircraft carrier INS Viraatdecommissioned
Indian Naval Ship (INS) VIRAAT, which was first commissioned in the Indian Navy on May 12, 1987, will be decommissioned from service on March...
Indonesia, Australia agree to closer naval cooperation
Indonesian and Australian leaders have committed to free trade and closer naval cooperation as they urged countries in the Asia-Pacific region with competing territorial...
Wary of Trump unpredictability, China ramps up naval abilities
The PLA Navy is likely to secure significant new funding in China's upcoming defence budget as Beijing seeks to check U.S. dominance of...